j_e_smith8369
02:40:17 Tue
Jun 26 2012 |
Mike, I have some news for you on this. After checking out all of the claims this seller has listed, it appears that they are not "claiming over" anyone's claims -- in fact, it appears that they have been the claim owner's all along and are now selling off claims that they have been allowing GPAA to use.
However, on your particular claim that you bought, there is an error in recordation that I honestly believe slipped by them. See, The location recorded by BLM for the "Mustang" claim shows as Township 11N, Range 6E, Section 5 -- however, the location that the GPS coordinates listed in the EBay ad (along with all of the pretty pictures they show) is ACTUALLY in Township 13N, Range 6E, Section 5. The actual location of the Mustang claim, as recorded by BLM, is in reality a worthless piece of hilly ground about a mile west of the Klamath and 12 miles south of where it should be.
While it is not easy eating crow (tough as shoe leather!), I am willing to do it when I am wrong -- and I believe that, in this particular situation I was wrong. Now, that does not mean that they haven't been crooked in the past, and I am not going to make any claims about their past or continued honesty. I am just going to say that this time it seems to be an honest error.
Providing that they correct the location error with BLM as I "suggested" to them, you will be the owner of one of the better claims on the Klamath -- a desirable area that has a good history of gold.
I am pasting below my last EBay communication with them, FYI --
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To: Sunset Valley Mining (sunsetvalley888)
Ok -- first, I am going to get the "eating crow" part out of the way, then I am going to tell you about the error in your claim recordation that started this whole thing off.
After researching the actual claims, plotting the T/R/S locations against the GPS coordinates you posted, and poring through the GPAA claim book -- I will retract my earlier statements. As for who is or is not the senior claim holder on any of the ones you mentioned, I am not going to worry about it; GPAA has had a serious problem with their Claim Book for years, and has been unwilling to fix the errors. That is for you guys to fight out. But it does not appear that any claims have been "claimed over" from what I can tell by my own research. So I apologize.
HOWEVER...
Your Klamath River claim, "Mustang", is not correct. There is a extremely bad discrepancy between what you cite as the GPS coordinates and what the BLM has recorded. And I think that this may be the root of the problem. All of the claims you have severed from the master claim are actually worthless, hilly, dry, land-locked areas , and nowhere near where you say they should be.
The location recorded by BLM for the "Mustang" claim is Township 11N, Range 6E, Section 5 -- the location that your GPS coordinates in the ad is ACTUALLY in Township 13N, Range 6E, Section 5. The actual location of the Mustang claim, as recorded by BLM, is in reality a worthless piece of hilly ground about 1-1/2 miles west of the Klamath and 12 miles from the site you reference by GPS coordinates. I know that for a fact, since I have prospected the Happy Camp/ Somes Bar area for years.
The other two claims you have posted seem to be correct; the "Rock Garden" and the "Big Sky/ Red Fox" claims agree on the GPS coordinates and the BLM-recorded location.
Were I you, I would immediately cancel the "Mustang" auction until this is corrected, and make sure that Mike Wiley's purchase is corrected asap at no charge.
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